Brickwork wall for safes, strong rooms, and the like



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' H. TAEGEN BRICKWORK WALL FOR SAFES, STRONG ROOMS, AND THE LIKE FiledMarch 1s 1924 l f1 a ,i 'f

Patented Sept. l5, i924..

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HANS TAEGEN, Ol BERLN-GRUNEVALD, GER-MANY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THEFIRM MINIIVIAI-AKTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT, OF BERLIN, GERMANY. v

BRICKWOR-K WALL FOR SAFES, STRONG ROOMS, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 13, 19,24. Serial No. 699,093.

p To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, HANS Tancnn, residing at Berlin-Grunewald, Germany,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brickwork Walls forSafes, Strong Rooms, and the like, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in brickwork walls for safes,strong rooms and the like for keeping money, valuables, documents andthe like.

It is already known to construct the walls or doors for safes and thelike of a block of brickwork of hard clinker stones, such as areemployed for facing hrickwork buildings, within a metal frame or metalskeleton, an iron insertion being provided between the bricks, whichconnects the frontand back-covering of the walls or doors.

|The object of my invention is to still further improve such reinforcedbrick or stone constructions. In order to render a chiseling through ofsuch a wall still more difficult the bricks or stones are according tomy invention obliquely disposed within the wall or at an angle to thefront and rear of it and the iron insertions or reinforcements are soarranged in the joints of the brickwork, that 'in an attempt to drive achisel through the wall the chisel always encounters the ironreinforcement and thus further progress is prevented or at leastrendered extremely diiicult.

The drawing affixed to this specification and forming part of it showsfour embodiments of my invention by way of example.

The same letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout all thefigures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that the door or wall consistsof a frame or casing a, of steel or iron, a front cover 7) of steelabutting against internal projections c of the frame o and the brickfilling in the cavity enclosed by the rear cover e. It will be seen thatthis construction is common to all the examples illustrated.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing it will be observed that theindividual bricks f composing the brickwork are obliouely disposedwithin the frame a. In the joints between the bricks and at about theirmiddle Hat irons g are disposed. In addition hereto angle irons 7L maybe inserted. into the triangular spaces left between adiacent bricks infront as well as 'in the back. In an attempt to drive a. chisel throughsuch a wall it is iirst necessary to fuse or cut through the front wallZ9 and to fuse or remove the angle iron L before the brickwork isreached. ln trying to cut through the brickwork the reinforcement isreached at about the middle of the. brickwork and 'it is impossible toproceed any further, as it would be necessary to chisel obliquely roundthe corner of the flat iron g.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that i the bricks arealternatelydisposed obliquely in one or the other direction, theanglesthus produced between the ends of the bricks being filled up bysmaller bricks. Otherwise the reinforcement is effected in the samemanner as in Fig. 1 by flat irons g and angle irons e' and at the facesangle irons 7i may again be placed into the triangular recesses betweenthe corners of the bricks.

Referring to Fig. 8, it will be observed that in this modilicationbricks shaped like` arrow heads are employed vand the reinforcement iselfected by inserting angle irons 7c' into the joint-s at-the centralpoints of the bric-ks.

Fig. 4C illustrates a still further modification with Z-shaped bricks mand Z-shaped reinforcement 'irons n inserted into the joints where thepoints of the individual bricks meet. The Z-shaped irons may of coursebe replaced by two angle irons, as shown in some places in this iigure.

Many other modifications will suggest themselves to persons skilled 'inthe art. The essential feature of my invention is, however, that astraight layer of masonry from the front to the back of the wall isobviated and the stones or bricks are so disposed within the wall or areso shaped that it is possible to prevent a chisel from being forcedstraight through the wall without encountering after some time thereinforcment placed into the joints and thus to prevent or renderdifcult any further progress. In this manner it is possible to constructbrick wall of l to 6 inches thickness which is extremely strong andcannot be broken through by ordinary tools.

My invention is not only applicable to the y walls ofviron'clad boxesor' rooms, such as safes and strong rooms', but also to ordinary safes,wall and other receptacles tor keeping valuables, and for all buildingconstructions carried out in lhigligrade brick- Work and Which must bemade at least l0 inches thick to offer some kind of safety, Whileaccording to my invention a thickness of et inches suffices for mostcases, so that the substructure required for carrying the great Weightof brickWork strong rooms may be made considerably lighter or be omitted`altogether.

In Asome cases, for instance in cupboards and the like for storingvaluables, it may be desirable to make the frame Work for the bricks asWell as the outer and inner cover or at least part of them not of metalbut of Wood.

What I claim as niy ,invention and desire to secure by Letters latentis:

l. In brickwork walls in combination, obliquely disposed bricks andsteel reinforcementsz arranged in the joints between said bricks atabout the middle of said Wall.

2. In brickWork Walls lin combination, angularly shaped bricks 4 andangle iron reinforcements arranged in' the joints between said bricks atabout the middle of said Wall.

3. In brickwork Walls in combination, obliquely disposed bricks, steelreinforcements, arranged in the joints between said bricks at about themiddle of said Wall and angle irons disposed in the triangular spaces atthe front and back of said Wall,

4L. In brickivork Walls in combination, angularly shaped bricks, angleiron reinforcements arranged in the joints between said bricks at aboutthe middle of said Wall and angle irons disposed in the triangularspaces at the front and back of said Wall.

5. In a. structure in combination, a frame, a front cover Within saidframe, obliquely disposed bricks in the cavity of said frame, steelreinforcements arranged in the joints between said bricks at about themiddle of said bricks and a. rear cover adapted to clcsc said frame,

3. In a structure in combination, a frame, a front cover Within saidframe, angularly shaped bricks in the cavity of said frame angie ironreinforcements arranged in the joints between said bricks at about themiddie of said brick Wall and a rear cover adapted to close said frame.

7.' In a structure in combination, a frame, a front cover Within saidframe, obliquely disposed bricks in the cavity of said frame, steelreinforcements arranged in the joints between said bricks at about themiddle of said brick Wall angle irons disposed in the triangular spacesat the front and back of said brick structure and a rear cover adaptedto close said frame.

8. In a structure in combination, a frame, a. front cover Within saidframe, angular-ly shaped bricks disposed in the cavity of said frame,angle iron reinforcements arranged in the joints between said bricks atabout the middle of said Wall, angie irons dis posed in the triangularspaces at the front and back of said brick structure and a rear coveradapted tc close said frame.

in testimonyv whereof I aiix my signa ture.

HANS TAEGEN. lVitnesses IVLAD. ENDnRs, Bruin S. AUsrnN.

